What would happen to someone bipolar who stopped taking their medication?
I am not bipolar. I do not need warnings about talking to my doctor, or anything like that. I am writing a short story and just want to know how quickly someone who stopped taking their medication would feel the effects of that.
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I can say I have witnessed this in a family member. It all happened very slowly over several months to a few years. But when the time came everyone knew. The crazy behaviour was well noticeable.
it veries from person to person, and usually they dont notice a change or return to taking medication untill they are in a depressive phase. so any amount of time you want over a week.
Their symptoms return…….. also depending on the medication there could be withdrawl symptoms for a period of time.
It can take days, weeks or years for the symptoms to return, but it’s almost inevitable that they will. There can be a bounce-back effect of more severe symptoms when detoxing from the meds. That’s always the part that scares me into taking my meds again.
They get worse